Empower your kids!: A coaching guide for parents($17.95Value)

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Empower Your Kids A Coaching Guide for Parents (Updated Edition 2025) When your child is anxious, angry, overwhelmed or doubting themselves, it can leave you feeling helpless. You want to say the right thing. You want to guide rather than control. But sometimes children can’t explain what they feel — and without understanding what’s going on beneath the surface, it’s hard to know how to respond. In Empower Your Kids , I share the practical coaching approach I’ve developed over more than 20 years of working with children and teenagers. Part One: Understanding Your Child The first part of the book helps you understand how your child processes their world — emotionally and mentally. You’ll learn: Why children often can’t explain their feelings - How differences in thinking and communication styles affect behaviour - How small shifts in language can transform conversations - How to avoid common communication traps - How to begin talking about emotions in a way that feels safe and natural When we understand how our children think and feel, communication becomes clearer — and conflict reduces. Part Two: Practical Tools for Real-Life Challenges The second part applies these insights to common struggles, including: Anxiety and fears - Anger and emotional outbursts - Fear of failure and low self-esteem - Friendship and family challenges - Learning struggles - Sleep difficulties - Navigating change and new situations For each issue, you’ll find simple activities, coaching-style questions, and practical exercises you can use immediately. A central component of the book is EFT tapping — a gentle, research-informed technique that helps calm intense emotions by working with the body as well as the mind. Children don’t always know why they feel anxious or upset. Tapping reduces the emotional intensity first, which makes problem-solving and conversation possible. It also supports you — because when our children are distressed, we carry that stress too. The emphasis throughout is on equipping you with skills your child can gradually use independently. The goal is not dependence — it’s resilience. When emotions feel manageable, confidence grows. This book gives you the tools to make that shift — calmly, practically and with compassion.